American Airlines customers booking travel on Fareportal's consumer website, CheapOair.com, now will be able to tailor their travel plans with American's Choice Essential and Choice Plus products, and Main Cabin Extra and Preferred Seating options.

American Airlines, a global company connecting people from many different cultures and communities, is celebrating Black History Month by honoring "Our Past, Celebrating Today and Preserving our Future."

American Airlines has signed an agreement with Doha, Qatar-based Qatar Airways, one of the world's fastest-growing airlines and a Skytrax 5-Star rated carrier, to codeshare on each other's flights providing new growth opportunities for American in the Middle East and for Qatar in the United States.

American Airlines thanks Craig S. Kreeger, for his more than 25 years of service to the company while announcing that Jonathan D. Snook, American's Vice President Operations Planning and Performance, will assume Kreeger's role as Senior Vice President Customer Service, managing all aspects of the customer experience from reservations and airport operations to inflight service and baggage handling.